Wang Yan sat in a sedan chair and arrived at Feng Ruoqi's residence.

Feng Ruoqi has a house in the capital, located in Cairong Lane west of the city. The alley is narrow. Wang Yan's sedan chair walked for a long time and stopped in front of the deepest door.

Wang Yan's accompanying knocked on the old door. After a moment, a man opened the door, wearing a light green gown and an old square scarf, about thirty years old. Wang Yan's accompanying him stepped forward and said, "I dare to ask Lord Feng..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Yan: "You are waiting here." He pushed the door straight into the yard.

The man entered the yard gate, and Wang Yan bowed and smiled: "Mr. Feng is so simple. He lives in this small courtyard and doesn't even have a servant."

The man bowed and bowed and said, "Mr. Wang praised it. This is Xiaguan's old house. Although he has been to Beijing for a short time, it is always easier to live in his own home than elsewhere. Xiaguan knew that Wang Wang came here today, so he sent all the idle people away to facilitate the adults' questions."

Wang Yan turned the screen wall and followed Feng Ruoqi's steps to the corridor paved with broken stones. Feng Ruoqi let Wang Yan into the front hall and asked him to sit in the upper seat.

"Xiaoguan knows that the Minister Wang came today for the murder of Ma Lian, the examiner of the test subject of the current subject. Xiaguan and Ma Lian had some grudges in the past, but they were all old trivial matters. Moreover, on the night Ma Lian was killed, Xiaguan was chatting with his mentor Gong's house and chatting with his mentor for a night."

Wang Yan took the teacup brought by Feng Ruoqi and took a sip. The tea was prepared long ago, neither hot nor cold, just right.

Wang Yan praised the good tea and put down the teacup and said, "Shangshu Gong was sick the day before yesterday. The hospital of our department also visited him on behalf of his father. Fortunately, it was a minor illness, but he also needed to take good care of himself and should not be too tired."

Feng Ruoqi sighed softly: "My teacher is old and has repeatedly decided to retire and return home. But he failed to do so because of the emperor, empress dowager or His Highness Huai's retention. He was used to being worried and could not let go. Just like this time he went to visit him, repeatedly advised him to go to bed, and finally chatted with him all night."

Wang Yan said: "We and the younger generations should learn from Lord Gong's intention to serve the court. Lord Feng, the head office, received a report here saying that you have some grudges with Ma Lian and that this matter is unreasonable. The head office said to Lord Feng to hear what fabricated things you have, just tell me."

Feng Ruoqi said: "My Lord is too polite. Even if you suspect the Lord, it is reasonable to bring the Lord back to the Ministry of Justice. The Lord also wants to clarify and clear the suspicion earlier. Please tell me."

Several scholars in the prison either lamented or indignant for a night, and were tired, waiting around and not seeing the trial. Gong Qinchuan sighed, "I hope there will be no wronged soul among us. Shangshu Tao is a good man, but the Minister Wang is stubborn and self-righteous and indiscriminate, so he arrested us. Now he does not review or investigate, and I don't know what to do."

Chen Chou said: "Brother Gong, I'll say something to you, why do you say in front of Mr. Wang that the person named Feng is suspected? Brother Zhang and I have seen him handle the case. The more he points to others, the more he doubts who."

Gong Qinchuan said: "Feng Ruoqi is an official of the court. If he hadn't had a deep hatred with Ma Lian, I wouldn't have called him. You may have heard of Feng Ruoqi's other name, Mu Yesheng."

Chen Cong changed his color and said, "It turned out to be the legendary Mu Yesheng. This person has a bad reputation."

Zhang Ping turned over on the grass bed, and all the scholars pricked their ears.

Gong Qinchuan sneered: "Ma Lian's famous work was copied from a legend of Mu Yesheng. Mu Yesheng's reputation was destroyed in Ma Lian's hands, and he couldn't even write an article. Do you think he hates Ma Lian?"

Feng Ruoqi has loved reading legends since he was a child, and especially admired the red leaves of the West Mountain. The wine lovers and others, so he also started writing the legend and even named himself Mu Yesheng.

Feng Ruoqi wrote several legends, with stiff words and artificial plots, but because he wrote quickly and wrote a lot, he also earned some reputation.

When Ma Lian first wrote the script, he used the plot and sentences from the legend of Feng Ruoqi. The script was attracted by Master Cui from Baixia's genre and used to perform it. Master Cui also recommended it to the owner of Sixian Bookstore and published it for sale.

Master Cui invited some scholars to recommend the title of this play, and also invited Feng Ruoqi.

Ma Lian claimed that he admired Feng Ruoqi and used his articles. Master Cui felt that Feng Ruoqi would recommend him again, which would have a gimmick, which would improve both sides' fame.

But Feng Ruoqi is a petty person and doesn't know much about it. The play is arranged and tried to sing. Some people say that Ma Lian turned Feng Ruoqi's silhouette into beautiful jade. Moreover, Ma Lian wrote a love drama. The protagonist is a woman trapped in the world. Many men love her like crazy. Ma Lian used some of the words and sentences written by Feng Ruoqi to this woman who was inverted by the knights of his family.

Feng Ruoqi was furious and cursed, "A slut who is flirting with her head = rogue = women, dare to show off the word "门" is such a thing! It's dirty my article!

Ma Lian was bored. Some people who were jealous of his book being taken by the big drama troupe took the opportunity to scold him with Feng Ruoqi's words. Master Cui was also very annoyed, so he scolded Feng Ruoqi at the banquet with Ma Lian.

"Mu Yesheng is so poor and shameless. He writes legends and will never be able to enter the elegant hall in his life. When this play is sung, it is known to everyone in the world. At that time, he was not a piece of mud under the feet of the lay Buddhists in Donghu. He used his articles only if he could appreciate him. He still thought he was Li Bai and Du Fu. Li Bai and Du Fu's poems were quoted every day, and they did not see them crawling out of the coffin and biting people."

After the play came out, Ma Lian won a lot of reputation, but many people kept mentioning the fact that he copied Feng Ruoqi's article.

Ma Lian was very worried. When he had not become famous, Mu Yesheng was a very useful stepping stone. Now he was famous and beneficial. Mu Yesheng was a thorn in the flesh that must be removed. He stepped on Mu Yesheng and could not be trampled on again. For the sake of future prospects, Mu Yesheng must be dealt with. If Mu Yesheng sealed his writing and the article was destroyed, those words would be Ma Lian's. Even if Mu Yesheng could not be allowed to seal his writing, it would ruin his reputation. It would be best for everyone to call him and beat him. Then even if he used his article, he would be the way for heaven. Those sentences should have been used by him, so that they would not be in vain in Mu Yesheng's hands.

So, Master Cui paid the money and Ma Lian hired someone to get all Feng Ruoqi's articles back and studied them carefully. Even if they were in the eggs, they had to find fish bones. However, Feng Ruoqi was very careful. Even if there were quotations in the article, it was still a story that had been around for thousands of years, and there was no flaw.

At this moment, a good opportunity fell from the sky to Ma Lian. It turned out that Feng Ruoqi's family was poor and he paid a low salary to write legend manuscripts, so he helped to edit the manuscripts in the Songshi Bookstore, which published his legend, and earned some subsidies. The owner of Songshi Bookstore had a nephew who also wrote a legend, so he asked Feng Ruoqi to edit the manuscripts and then recommended him.

Feng Ruoqi polished the article for his nephew and wrote a recommendation. He didn't know about this legend, so he copied another person's article.

The legend of the young master of nephew did not sell a few copies after it was launched. No one found out that he copied it, but it happened that the incident happened. More than a year later, Ma Lian could not find Feng Ruoqi's handle, so he also dug out the article he had recommended, and happened to find this one.

Ma Lian was overjoyed and immediately found the victim who was copied, told him about the matter, and taught him that this legend was recommended by Feng Ruoqi, so how could it be seen that it was copied? Maybe it was taught by Feng Ruoqi, so there was no need to find a nephew or a bookstore, just bit Feng Ruoqi and wanted to explain it.

Ku mainly relied on Ma Lian and other "enthusiastic colleagues" to avenge him, so he acted according to his words and only bit Feng Ruoqi, which caused a lot of controversy. Feng Ruoqi couldn't say anything about his suffering. He felt that he was so injustice that he could not give up his nephew, so he had to grit his teeth and put it on the pickle jar.

Ma Lian found a few masters who were good at imitating characters, imitated Feng Ruoqi's handwriting, and wrote a statement, which threatened the mistress to be ungrateful and dared to go against him. There were people in Feng Ruoqi's yamen, and they were ready to sue the yamen, find a hundred lawyers and litigators, form a group, and sued the mistress so hard that they could not turn over.

This statement was widely circulated. Sixian Bookstore organized literati to prepare several manifestos. After throwing it out, many people responded. Master Cui also arranged a few small plays in the opera troupe, dancing and dancing, ridiculing Mu Yesheng's yamen with a hundred people. For a time, everyone scolded the three words "Mu Yesheng" and everyone mocked him. Even the three-year-old boy on the street could sing - "Mu Yesheng, unusual, with a hard waist and a long tongue, he loved to teach people to copy articles the most. Who dares to say that he sued you to death? There are some ways in the yamen, and there are still a hundred big stories..."

Gong Qinchuan said: "It's true that there is one article I wrote about the articles that attacked Mu Yesheng back then. The owner of the library was entrusted by Master Cui and told us to scold Mu Yesheng until he had no face to live in the world. Let him find a flaw in his own opinion. It would be best if he died. At that time, I scolded Mu Yesheng. A few years later, it would be retribution for me by Ma Lianyin's man."

After this incident, Mu Yesheng disappeared from now on and never appeared again. Now when people mention him, it is still a joke about someone in the yamen who is a big deal with hundreds of people.

Wang Yan said to Feng Ruoqi: "This is what the department knows. Master Feng sees that there are differences?"

Feng Ruoqi said: "A little bit different, the nephew of the owner of the library was not the mastermind Ma Lian. On that day, the official was working as a proofreader in the bookstore. There was a manuscript who offended the people in the bookstore because he did not do things normally. He happened to have something to do, and he could not publish it in the bookstore from now on. Because I had some conflicts of interest with this person, some people who were not in harmony with me said that I was jealous of him and intentionally excluded him, which was also a trick to kill two birds with one stone. In fact, I only wrote the legends and could not touch the historical theory at all. But this person believed it, it was because he saw the fault of the nephew of the library of the library, and he first took the blame. Ma Lian just took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation. However, this person was not as powerful as Ma Lian. Later, Ma Lian did work more. Haha, now looking back, at that time, the world as big as the fragrant dried, but was as powerful as the officialdom."

Wang Yan took another sip of tea and said, "Mr. Feng suffered such a great grievance, how could he let go of this matter?"

Feng Ruoqi said: "At that time, the officials were really hated and wronged, and they wanted to hire a car to the edge of the Yellow River and jump in. Then one day, I walked in the suburbs and heard the bells of a mountain temple. I suddenly thought, life is only a few decades, and nothing is like a cloud, and it is fleeting in the blink of an eye? Suddenly, I let it go, and then I took the imperial examination and actually passed. It is also considered to be gains and losses."

Wang Yan pounced Fu Ye: "Mr. Feng has realized what open-mindedness means in his heart. However, did Lord Feng do something before he let go? Did he really let it go completely?"

Feng Ruoqi was stunned and smiled: "I realized that I naturally let it go. Looking back, it was just a sesame thing, and it was not worth it to worry about it."

Wang Yan also smiled and took out an old book from his sleeve, Molan Pier.

"This book "Jiu Songshan Swordsman" was obtained by the Ministry of Education. It is really enjoyable for the swordsman to kill his enemies with his hands! Why do we think that the process of the swordsman being wronged in it is somewhat similar to Lord Feng's past experience... Well, the person who wrote the legendary book is called Sheng Caisheng, and this name is very interesting..."

Feng Ruoqi's expression changed and he coughed: "The Ministry of Justice is really powerful. In just a short time, he even found this book. Xiaguan really can't hide anything from the Minister of the Secretariat. Shengcaisheng... is another pseudonym of Xiaguan... This book was written by Xiaguan..."

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Oh? Didn't Lord Feng have already put it down? Why would there be this book? Is Lord Feng writing this book to seek justice? Whitewash? Or..."

Feng Ruoqi said: "When I wrote this book, I hadn't let it go. It was not for the sake of revenge. How could I wash it white? Ma Lian is so sinister that I wouldn't dirty my hands to take revenge on him. So in the article, I should write him as a corpse, just as venting anger."

Wang Yan lowered his eyes and patted the book: "Well, after venting his anger, Lord Feng let it go?"

Feng Ruoqi said: "Actually, there was another thing later. The old official vented his anger and wrote this book. One day he went to the teahouse and met a young man and a young man. He was talking about this book. The young man said, "It's a pity that it could be a good book, but the person who wrote the book had resentment. He was not a chivalrous man, and he had no chivalrous style at all. The young man said, "If you care about everything, how can you see the world?" When I heard those words, I suddenly realized that the person I met in the teahouse that day was the current emperor and His Highness Huai. The old official accidentally received the teachings of the emperor and His Highness Huai! From then on, the old official studied hard, took the scientific examination, and was determined to serve the country!"

Wang Yan sighed: "The Ministry of Education is really envious of Lord Feng. The Ministry of Education has entrusted my father's position to achieve this position today, but he still has not received personal teachings from the emperor or His Highness Huai. It is really a blessing. One day, the Ministry of Education will also write a legend and use the pseudonym of Wetousheng. What do you think of Lord Feng?"

Feng Ruoqi quickly stood up and bowed and said, "Mr. Wang was joking."

"Anyway, this matter is indeed the most suspicious thing about Feng Ruoqi." Gong Qinchuan sat down next to the grass shop. "The book "Jiu Songshan Swordsman" secretly coincided with the matter at that time. It must have been written by his pseudonym. The insidious villain Lu Tuo was injured by the hidden weapon of the Demon Cult and asked the swordsman to rescue him. After the swordsman pulled him up to the cliff, he wanted to push the swordsman down the mountain. Later, he was swept by the swordsman's palm and fell off the cliff. Is this a bit similar to Ma Lian's way of death? Brother Zhang, you have a good mind and can decide the case. Do you think this matter is too coincidental?"

Zhang Ping thought for a moment and said cautiously: "The evidence is insufficient."

Gao Yanggui whispered: "In my opinion, it may not be Feng Ruoqi. Ma Lian, alright, he died strangely. As far as I know, he used some evil ways to win this imperial examination. Have you ever heard of asking for a spiritual talisman?"

Wang Yan returned to the Ministry of Justice, and the Shuling greeted him and asked if this trip would have any results.

Wang Yan said: "Yes."

He was a little worried. The real murderer of this case. At present, the biggest suspect was Feng Ruoqi. Originally, Wang Yan wanted to find evidence of his innocence, but after hearing his argument, the more he heard, the more suspicious he felt. Feng Ruoqi flickered his words and carried out his teacher Gong Songming, indicating that he had no chance to kill Ma Lian. Even the emperor and King Huai brought out, intending to prove that he would not be jealous of Ma Lian's attachment to the tutor Yun, who might have overwhelmed him in his career in the future. He tried his best to clear the suspicion, and the more he washed away the suspicion, the less innocent he was.

Moreover, his teacher was Gong Songming, and his fellow disciples in the Ministry of Rites, and he had the opportunity to stuff that note to the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

Shuling said: "Another case was reported. The Shangshu personally answered it. It was a strange thing that happened to Liu Yuan and Liu's family."

Wang Yan's mind was full of this big case, so he said casually.

Shuling looked around and whispered: "This case is really haunted. Lord Liu got a pen holder a few days ago, saying that he bought it in the ghost market. After buying it home, all kinds of strange things were connected. This morning, the pen holder turned into a pile of ashes in plain sight..."
Chapter completed!